[ She was helping out at the Spacetime Shrine! Which means luckily, those she's helping out would understand if she had to drop everything that moment to go see what's happening. ]
What's bad?! Hold on, I'm on my way! If it hurts, don't move!
[ She's IMMEDIATELY jumping to the worst scenario?! ]
It is, in fact, Taiga cocooned in a giant blanket on the floor, visibly upset by whatever afflicts her... but she doesn't seem to be hurt? Hard to tell when she's doing her best to melt into nothingness. ]
[ When Ryoko shows up, the blob of blankets shifts as Taiga tries to shuffle towards her while still maintaining cocoon status. It goes about as well as you'd expect, and Taiga wiggles too far without the blanket, inadvertently pulling itself off her head to reveal the terrible, bad, miserable dilemma.
[ lucky for ryoko, taiga is too busy in her anguish to notice such an embarrassingly adorable face… but she’s also grabbing onto her arm to shake it. ]
But I’m not a tiger! A-and what if they won’t go away?! They did last time, b-b-but I’m not ready to become a housewife!
[ yes, taiga aisaka spoke words without even thinking what she was saying. the classic head empty mistake. like an animal faced with only two options, taiga chooses flight and dives back into her cocoon, loudly lamenting her embarrassment.
a little tiger tail sneaks it’s way out of the cocoon, lashing back and forth. ]
Aaaaaaaaa?! I-I-I mean th-that I can’t—I can’t b-be housebound!
[ Awww, her widdle ears are twitching now… Taiga also extracts herself entirely from the cocoon, instead wrapping the blanket around both of their shoulders. ]
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